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Plantings to M ake
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Turkey Trot
Get ready for Thanksgiving din
ner by joining the Oregon Road
RunnersClubon a four-mile run?
walk through Washington Park
and the Oregon Zoo. For more
in fo rm a tio n , call o r v isit
www.oregonzoo.com.
GREEN
Giant Sequoias are first of
thousands of trees, shrubs due
Scholarship Help
The W om en's Resource Center
is holding a workshop on Schol
arship Application ABCs from 3
to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 at PC C 's Cas
cade
C a m p u s,
705
N.
Killingsworth.Blvd.SSBRm. 103.
TriMet kicked off a community tree planting event Thursday
with four Giant Sequoias planted in Paul Bunyan Plaza in the
Kenton neighborhood of north Portland. It's the first of 8,300
trees and shrubs that will be planted along the Interstate MAX
line over the next six months.
The transportation agency picked trees and shrubs that will
survive in an urban environment, using less water, fertilizers
and pesticides. The four 20-foot tall Giant Sequoias each
weighed about 900 pounds. The trees and shrubs are helping
to make Interstate MAX one of the "greenest" projects in the
nation, officials said.
More than 1,300trees will be planted, including some north
west native species, such as Big Leaf Maple, Oregon Ash and
Red Alder. More than 7,000shrubs will be planted from among
16 different species, including common Snowberry, Evergreen
Huckleberry, Salmonberry and Red Elderberry.
TriMet also announced that the Paul Bunyan statue, built
over4 0 years ago. w ill get a makeover. The 37-foot tall icon was
scuffed up a bit when it was moved during Interstate MAX
construction. It will get a new set of "clothes" painted on over
the next 6 months.
The 5.8-mile Interstate MAX line from the Rose Quarter to
the Expo Center is 85 percent complete and is scheduled to open
May I.
Home Fair
T he
A fric an
A m erican
Homebuyers Fair is from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the
Legacy Emanuel Hospital and
HealthCenter Atrium, 501 N.Gra
ham St. For more information, call
503-285-5555.
Ultimate Freedom
The 45* Annual Portland RV
Show will roll through town from
noon to 9 p.m. on Wednesday,
Nov. 5 through Sunday, Nov. 9,
at the Portland Metro Expo Cen-
ter,2060N . Marine Drive. $8.
Samba Class
The World Dance Office pre
sents an 8-week fall samba work
shop with live music from 6 to
7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs
days through Nov. 25. Classes
are at the Peter Stott Center, Rm.
207. $6. For more information,
call 50.3-725-5670.
Students from Kenton Elementaryjoin other area
residents for the planting of a Giant Sequoia at the Paul
Bunyan Plaza along the Interstate MAX line. Over the
next six months, 8,300 trees and shrubs will be planted
along the new light rail route from the Rose Quarter to
the Expo Center.
Orchid Love
Fall in love with gorgeous orchid
blooms at the Fall Orchid Show
and Sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
1 N ov.Sand 10a.m. to4p.m .N ov.
9 at the Washington County Fair
Complex in Hillsboro. $3 for both
days.
Body, Mind & Spirit
A Body, Mind & Spirit Expo, the
largest health and wellness expo
of its kind, is at the Oregon Con
vention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr.
Blvd.,from I0a.rn.to8p.rn.Nov.
8 and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov.
9. W eekend admission is $8. For
more information, call 5 4 1 -482-
3722.
Mirror Mirror
A discussion on skin care and
body sculpting is the topic for
the P ro v id e n ce W o m en ’s
Wellness Series from 7 to 8:30
p.m. Nov. 12 at Providence Port
land Medical Center Amphithe
ater, 4805 NEGIisan St. Forreser-
vations.call 503-574-6595.
Chimps Gone Wild
Jane Goodall brings enthusiasts
closer to nature with "Wild Chim
panzees,” through May at the
OtnnimaxTheater, I945S.E.W a
ter Ave. Tickets are $8.50. For
m ore
in fo rm a tio n ,
v isit
www.wildchimpanzees.org.
Doors of Creativity
Northwest Medical Teams spon
sors the multi-mediaexhibit "Win
dows of Need. Doors of Hope"
from Nov. 12 through 18 at the
Doubletree Inn, LloydCenter. For
m ore
in fo rm a tio n ,
v isit
www.nwmedicalteams.org or call
503-624-1 (XX).
Planting Neighborhoods
F riends o f Trees announces
neighborhood tree plantings
beginning with the Rose City
Park/Roseway neighborhood on
Nov. 15. Those interested in lead
ing volunteers should attend
training at 8 a.m. Nov. 15 at St.
Rose of Lima Catholic Church,
2727 NE 54* Ave. For more infor
mation,
www.friendsoftrees.org.
visit
Meeting Teen Needs
them through school and work applications,
conducts mock interviews, instructs them
on resumes writing and computer skills and
offers special programs such as parenting
and life skills classes.
“Teen parents have extra needs before
they can commit to an education program,
like securing stable housing and maybe rent
vouchers, getting food stamps and learning
parenting skills," said Dena Wilson, Y El's
program assistant.
A case manager from the Adult and Fam
ily Services is on-site twice a week to con
nect teens to the programs they need, in
cluding mental health or drug and alcohol
services. The institute offers unique pro
grams suited for teen parents, including the
only on-site childcare facility in the Portland
Public School district.
"At-risk youth might have an apprehen
sion to leaving their children in a childcare
facility because of some of theirexperiences,"
said Wilson. "Here, they can look in on their
children any time they want, get feedback on
any developmental milestones reached and
Youth employment
agency promotes
better futures
by J aymke R .C it i
T he P ortland O bserver
With O regon's unemployment rate soar
ing above national averages, Portland's
teens find themselves with few options for
earning a livable wage. While many teens
are supported by their parents, some are
parents themselves and need to support a
family.
The Youth Employment Institute in north
east Portland has been serving teens for 18
years, helping them with job training and
getting the general education diplomas that
have been standing in their way from joining
the professional marketplace.
YEI is a nonprofit agency supported by
Portland Public Schools, that teaches classes
for general equivalency diploma exams,
coaches teens on getting into college, walks
photo by
M ark W ashington AT iie P ortland O bserver
The Youth Employment Institute serves students such asTonya (left) and Nicki,
giving them education and employment training.
encouragement in keeping teens parent in
volved in the development o f theirchildren.”
The institute pairs teens with case man
agers to ignite a life-long love of learning and
to promote self-sufficiency.
“When a youth comes into our programs,
they're hooked up with an adult to develop
their goals and we get them on the right path
to meet those goals," said Wilson.
In the last year. 75 program participants
have received GEDs, 425 youth were as
sisted in job placement, 300 youth partici
pated in the Summer Start subsidized work
experience program and new programs were
developed to address the needs of youth
offenders and teen parents.
Dream Comes True at PCC Cascade
Beginnings of a
premier urban
campus take shape
by
tudes by both college official and community leaders
for her tireless effort to make Cascade a premier urban
campus that will serve the diverse populations where
it is located.
“ It was M ildred's dream, Mildred's vision," said
Nan Poppe, Cascade's current interim dean. Ollee left
the campus in August to assume the job of president
M ichael L eighton
of Seattle Central Community College.
T he P ortland O bserver
Portland Community College's Cascade Campus
Thursday's opening of an expanded Jackson Hall
brings needed neu science laboratories and class
serving north and northeast Portland.
rooms for math ami science to the campus.
The realization of a dream is being celebrated at
College officials and community leaders gathered
“With the right cooks you can make a wonderful
last week to commemorate the completion of the first
dish. This is it," Ollee said, describing the slate of the
of several new buildings that will lum the school into
a modem and comprehensive urban center of learn
art building.
Up next is the completion of a new physical educa
ing.
"A dream differed, a dream realized," is the way
Jefferson High School. Site preparation for a new
former campus executive dean Mildred Ollee de
technology education building is also underway.
scribed the total $54 million due in new investments
at Cascade over the next two years.
tion building across North Killingsworth adjacent to
A second phase of construction will include a new
continued
An African-American leader, Ollee won big plati
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P hoto by M ichael L eighton /T he P ortland O bserver
Former Cascade Executive Dean Mildred Ollee (left) and Cascade
Interim President Nan Poppe celebrate the opening o f a new
addition to Jackson Hall, the first in a line of new buildings
slated to make the north Portland campus a comprehensive
urban college.
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